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Letters Patent No. 59,996, dated November 27,1866.

p SPECIFICATION'. T() ALL WHOM IT MAY CDNCERN:`

Be it known that we, MICHAEL HABERBUSH and EDWARD Knacken, of Lancaster, inthe county of Lancaster, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful improvements on Safety Bridles; and we do hereby declare `that the following is a fall, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of p the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 shows a bridle with the improvements in place. 4 t i' i v p i i Figure 2 illustrates its application on the horse, and the effect oftension on thehitching strap, when thus applied. y v p i yFigure 3 is an enlarged view of the gum and the tubulated snap, sheathed in `part `by the cheekfpiece, or face-piece, if preferred.

W `Figure 4 and IV is to illustrate both modes of connecting the snap and gum in its sheath formed `by either strap. Y p

`Figure 5 shows the construction of the tubul'atedv snap, C, and `ring head, e, theftubes being united with them for the reception of the gum; to facilitate the insertion of the same, the tubes `are slit and afterward compressed upon Athe gum and a rivet inserted at V. The ring head, e, forthe outer end, is solid for the ring E, with a raised shoulder, against which the leather sheath is made to butt, giving a finish; a rivet, v, is then passed through the leather tube and gum andixed by the rivet heads, firmly clamping' the gum at both ends.

TheV object of this ,invention isfto, prevent vicious horses from breaking the. 'hitching` strap or bridle, so frequently the case, or from slipping the head out of the bridle, as some horses do, as well as to provideia neat and `etlicient safety bridle to meet the demand of the public, heretofore 'only partially met, there being` bbjections to branching lines doubly connected, or one branch attached to a ring'- on the sttap, the other to the ringof the bit; besides, the manner of attaching gum to leather, by sewing on,"4(when 11sed,) is found to weaken the gum to such a degree as to destroy its utility in a short time. '.l'o supplythese `wants and oblviate the various objections, has caused us much study and experimenting, but trust we have succeeded in its accomplishment.

We will now proceed to describe the construction of our bridle, so as to enable any one skilled in the art to `make and use our invention.

Fig. 1 illustrates an ordinary carriage bridle, .with this difference, that the cheek-piece, A A', insteadof `being connected to the' ring of the bit,'is first-formed into a tubular sheath, D, v-and `made partly to cover a cylindrical piece of gum, ,say seven inches long and three-i`ourths of an inch in diameter, marked U, secured together at"l its terminus by a socket head, e, `and and ring, E.V The other end of the gum cylinder is free from the strap and inserted into a tabulated snap-hook, C, `so constructed, by an open slit and bevelled end, (by compressiom) as to clamp and iirmly hold the gum at all points withiniit, a'd then further secured by a rivet u. 'The snap itself is of the ordinary m'ake, with the addition of a tube expressly `made to receive and hold the gum firmly embraced, both 'to the ring head and snap, and will be rather ornamental than otherwise. The

combined gum and snap in the sheathed extremity of the checkpiece is now passed through the ring of the bit on each side and the lines attached to the ring E or terminus of thecheck-piece A, the snap isvhooked into the ring of the bit, and the safety connection is completed in a neat and apparently simple piece. Theoperation is readily understood: a hard pull on the lines will stretch the gum and' cause the lunyielding leather in connection with it to` draw the bit upward in the horses mouth and bringv hiininto submission. To prevent horses from slipping their head out of the' bridle, or from breaking loose when hitched, we provide a combined throatlatch and face-piece in connection with the rings of the bit; thus to the rings B and B rounded leather straps- G are attached, respectively, (as shown' by tig. 1.) These are brought into close proximity in the centre of the horses face by passing them through a loop provided for each in the rear of an'ornamental shield, H, or

sliding piece, thence upward through rings or loops, I, centrally aiix'ed to the `crown-piece, S, provided fox each. 'The round strap, G', is now flattened and pierced' for the reception of the tongue of the buckle, K, en theV extremity of the other rounded strap, G, which latteris also provided with a short strap and ring, L, ailxed-l at a point so as to come under the throat when buckled together and forming the throat-latch, towhc'h ring, L,

the bitching strap, M, is connected. It will be seen that any pull made by the horse will necessarily draw out the throat-latch, which, by its connection (an'dsliding through-the loops) to the bit, will draw the bit upward in the horses mouth asei'ectually as when acted upon by the safety connection with the line by the driver, and

thereby prevent the horse from making any serious attempt to break the strap or slip the bridle. We may observe that by connecting the cheek-pieces, A A', to the rings of the bit, instead of the face-pieces, G G', and furnishing the latter with the gum (encased in its ex'tended end) with the snap-hook, c, attached to the ring of the bit in like manner, the same results would be obtained it would only require a button or stop behind the loops, I, on the crown of the head, unless it would be desirable to compress the windpipe of the horse in addition to raising the bit in the mouth. Such a button or stop behind the loops, I, would not prevent the action of the hitching-strap, M L. We believe either arrangement to be good, land original with u s, so far as the mode of applying a long-established principle. common to all, by means of a specific combination and adaptation to this end, is considered. We are aware that safety straps, so called, operating on the bit, are not new, and various devices employed, saidV strap `being either independent or connected at one end to the rirrgs of the bit and carried up over a roller and down again through the rings of the bit, and in either case terminated bya simple ring, to which the line ora branch is connected. We are also aware that a cylindrical piece of gum connected at each 'end with leather billets is used as ashort branch fastened to the bit, in conjunction with a short leather branch united in a cap with the saine at one end, and a ring for a single line, the said leather branch connected to the ring of the safety strap. There are also double lines in use, one partially encased within the other and branching in front, and severally connected to the ring of the bit and safety strap,.as well as a cord or strap from the rings of the bit passing over a pulley and under the throat of the horse for compressing the wiudpipe; all of which devices or inventions we disclaim. The neatness and durable manner of the gum and tubular snap-I connection and sheathing within and constituting a single connection of a twofold action, united by the tubulated shouldered head and ring for a single line, diers substantially from anyof the other devices yet employed, and is as desirable as it is novel and useful; which, together with the combined throat-'latch and face-pieces, forms the substance of our `invention, including the tubulated snap and ring-head.v

What we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isf 1. The contruction and combination of a tubulated snap-hook C, gum,within a sheath, D, formed by the end of a continuous strap, both united and held by a socket head and ring E, joint1y`passed through the rings of vthe bit, so that the enclosed gum, with its snap, will hook into the said ring of the bit, in the manner and for the purpose specified.

We also claini the face-pieces, G G', attached to the rings of the bit, and severally passed upward through their respective loops, H I, and forming the throat-latch, Kwith its hitching ring, L, all combined and arranged in the manner specified for the purpose set forth.

M. HABERBUSH,

i E. KRECKEL.

Witnesses:

WALTER G. Evans, JAcoB StraIm'Fruz.y 

